5 European stocks to watch this earnings season as Trump's tariffs hit

Investors are entering 2025's first-quarter earnings season with a huge cloud of uncertainty hanging over them — thanks primarily to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The scale of duties announced in April, along with the volatility injected by subsequent updates and reversals in policy, have so far exceeded even the most bearish forecasts.

Negotiators from the European Union and the U.K. are in talks with U.S. officials to try to alleviate their respective 25% and 10% blanket tariffs, while also grappling with broader tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos. Meanwhile, the rest of the world watches on to see whether red-hot tensions between Washington and Beijing will cool, averting a trade war between the two biggest economies that would have far-ranging repercussions.

Two major earnings reports have already landed in Europe, providing an indication of the tone to come.

Luxury giant LVMH said its categories such as beauty, wines and spirits were vulnerable to a pullback in spending by "aspirational clientele." Dutch semiconductor firm ASML, which manufacturers chipmaking machines critical to global tech, said tarifs were "creating a new uncertainty" around demand. But ne...
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